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MayLast Sunday of May· Holiday
Turkmen Carpet Day
The festival of Turkmen carpet weaving, with exhibitions and awards for weavers; Turkmen carpet guls also appear on the state flag. Held on the last Sunday of May.
The Turkmen carpet is among the most famous in the world: the repeated gul medallions on a deep red ground are the signature of each tribe, and the guls of the five main tribes appear on Turkmenistan's state flag. In 2019 Turkmen carpet making was inscribed on UNESCO's list of intangible heritage.
Since 1992 Turkmen Carpet Day has been celebrated every year on the last Sunday of May. The Carpet Museum in Ashgabat holds one of the world's largest hand-woven carpets.
The holiday
Carpet exhibitions and weavers' contests are held, the best weavers receive state awards and new exhibitions open at the Carpet Museum.
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Photos
Turkmen carpet at the Ashgabat Carpet Museum · John Pavelka from Austin, TX, USA / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 
Turkmen carpet patterns · Bayram A / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
A Turkmen carpet · Bayram A / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
A hand-woven Turkmen carpet · AltynAsyr / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
The world's largest hand-woven carpet, Ashgabat · Ibrahim Rustamov (tg:User:Ibrahim) / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 
An early Tekke carpet · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain 
The carpet guls on the Turkmen flag · Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg: Author: Zscout370 derivative work: RainbowSilver2ndBac / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Turkmenistan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 27Defenders of the Fatherland Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21National Spring Festival (Nowruz)
- AprilTurkmen Horse Day
- May 9Victory Day
- May 18Constitution and State Flag Day
- May 25Ashgabat City Day
- June 27Day of Culture Workers and Magtymguly Pyragy's Poetry
- September 27Independence Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 6Remembrance Day (1948 earthquake)
- NovemberHarvest Day
- December 12Neutrality Day
- December 21Memorial Day of the First President S. A. Niyazov
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- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr